Emerson in Context
When I arrived at Weill Recial Hall on Saturday afternoon, the Emerson String Quartet were already well into their demo session with Ara Guzelimian, former Artistic Dircector at Carnegie and
Marathon #2
The World Sax Quartet aren’t the only ones celebrating their 30th year in 2007: for the Emerson String Quartet’s 30th, Carnegie is putting on a landmark series of 8 concerts,
Welcome To The Banguard
Lots of great stuff so far this morning, but the World Saxophone Quartet – currently celebrating their 30th year playing together – are attempting to blow out the glass walls
BOAC – Day 2
Small crowd @ 10a at the Wintergarden, a nice way to start day 2 of the 2007 Bang on a Can Marathon. On stage now is a group called Odd
Sleep When You’re Dead
My (intended) schedule for the next two days: Saturday 11a-530p: Discovery Day at Carnegie with the Emerson String Quartet 2p-5p: Joan Tower’s Notable Women Festival at the Chelsea Art Museum
Eat Your Spinach
After reading Anne Midgette’s review of the jet-lagged Philharmonic’s performance last week, I didn’t go into tonight’s concert with the highest expectations. But, then, this program lacked the Russian and
Brahmsarama
Heading to the Philharmonic tonight to see Maazel conduct Brahms 3rd and 4th symphonies, part of their season-long Brahms Festival. (The festival ends next week, with performances of the German
Fe(a)stival of Music
Get out your Metrocards: on June 21 – the summer solstice – NYC will play host to the first annual Make Music New York, offering free, live performances in public
This Shouldn’t Be Possible
I am almost at a loss to describe what I witnessed yesterday at Town Hall, the final event of this season’s Free for All at Town Hall series. Bach’s Well-Tempered